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Old 10-05-12, 02:42 PM
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"fit" is a big general question and hard for soemone to answer that doesn't know you or the bike. also considering what section this post is in there may be other issues to take into account when "fitting" the bike to you. initially I was thinking of suggesting something about your posture while you are riding. I read something a while back that helped me be more comfortable, and that was the sensation of your posture on a road bike should be you should feel like you are sticking your butt out with your back arched. of course you won't look like that, even only pro racers have straight backs, but that's the effort to make on a road bike, instead of arching forward like you are picking up a bushel of apples. "hunching" over is not the right posture.
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